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RE: Building a Home Theater PC: Step 1 Components
This is very similar to my setup -- Silverstone case, AMD FX processor, Gigabyte motherboard. I'm going to be bumping up the RAM from 4 to 8 or maybe 16 since RAM is pretty cheap. I stream from my Plex server on my office PC. But primarily we use it to watch YouTube and do web browsing from the couch.
I love the wireless keyboard that we use. Cheap and really easy to navigate webpages from your couch with it:
I'd also suggest if you want to do any gaming, you can get a simple dongle for like $12 that lets you use an XBox 360 controller, which is perfect if you want this to dual purpose as a Steam gaming rig (I don't do PC gaming myself, but I"ve got the dongle just for fun and if I ever want to add a bunch of emulators).
Thanks for your suggestions, your setup is similar to my own setup. AMD fx8370, asrock mobo, Silverstone gd08, 16Gb ram, amd card (7870). I already got the wireless xbox 360 adapter for Steam and a rii mini i8 keyboard. I like gaming on the PC (with a controller) from my couch like it is a souped up Console, it's nice especially with Steams big picture mode. Only thing I might upgrade in the near future is the video card.
I forgot about the keyboard but I have a spare mini keyboard lying around, think I will give him that one. Thanks for the feedback.